RE: axfr-clarify on the move again

["Jeroen Massar" <jeroen@unfix.org>]

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D. J. Bernstein wrote:

<SNIP>
>    (1) NS records for which the parent node is in the zone,
>    (2) A records that those NS records point to,
>    (3) AAAA records that those NS records point to, or
>    (4) A6 records that those NS records point to.

<SNIP>

> What happens if the IETF adds another address type beyond A/AAAA/A6?
> Answer: a zone administrator who adds a record of that type causes a
> complete zone-transfer failure with older versions of BIND 9. This is
> even worse than the situation in http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/newtypes.html,
> because it kills the whole zone transfer, not just the new records.

<SNIP>

> Nobody would fall for
> it if the document imposed rules relating to silly 
> experiments like A6.

Lots of snipps, just to remind you that A6 has been moved to
experimental
and that you won't find it in 99.9999% of current actively deployed
systems.
Check http://cr.yp.to/djbdns/killa6.html which you wrote some time ago
:)

Greets,
 Jeroen




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